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  • Dozens of people demonstrated in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday seeking the departure of French troops from the war-torn nation, a day after six people died in a French strike. French forces say jihadists were targeted in the strike in the Mali's northeast but locals allege that those left dead were young hunters. Mali has been struggling to quell a jihadist insurgency that first emerged in the country's north in 2012, before spreading to the centre and neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger. France, Mali's former colonial ruler, intervened at the request of Mali's government in 2013 to help drive back the jihadists. It now has 5,100 troops deployed across Africa's arid Sahel region, as part of its anti-jihadist force Barkhane. French military involvement in Mali has nonetheless led to periodic protests, and it is frequently criticised on social media. On Friday, dozens of mostly young people -- including two members of Mali's interim legislature -- gathered in central Bamako to protest against the French troops. "We have never thrown a stone against the French embassy in Mali, but we are against the French military presence ... That's why we say down with France," said Amina Fofana, one of the interim lawmakers. The second lawmaker present, Adama Diarra, urged military cooperation with Russia instead of France. Mali's interim government, which is dominated by figures with army links, has for its part pledged to continue working with France. Army officers ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18, after weeks of protests fuelled by frustrations over perceived corruption and the seemingly endless jihadist insurgency. But they subsequently handed power to an interim civilian government -- which is meant to rule for 18 months before staging elections -- under the threat of international sanctions. Thursday's strike by French forces is the second such disputed bombing in several months. French warplanes struck Bounti in central Mali in January, with villagers and an association having alleged an air strike hit a wedding and killed around 20 people. However, French and Malian authorities have maintained that the strike had targeted and killed dozens of jihadists and that there was no wedding. kt-lal/eml/ach
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  • Dozens in Mali protest French military presence
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